The International Library of African Music is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music. Seated in Grahamstown, South Africa, ILAM is attached to the Music Department at Rhodes University and coordinates its Ethnomusicology Programme which offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Ethnomusicology that include training in performance of African music.ILAM is particularly known for its study of the lamellophone mbira of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, as well as the Chopi people's Timbila, a variant of the marimba from southern Mozambique.Publications and recordings Journal of the International Library of African Music albums are available for digital download at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' website. As part of the Rhodes University's support for Open Access to research output and primary research materials, the Journal of the International Library of African Music in being made accessible freely online, with a two-year embargo on the latest volumes.
